ISLAMABAD: A six-member delegation led by Pakistan鈥檚 Vice Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami visited 海角直播 this week to hold expert-level talks with the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, the Pakistan Navy said in a statement.聽
Pakistan and 海角直播鈥檚 naval forces enjoy cordial relations and regularly participate in bilateral exercises. In September 2023, Pakistani and Saudi naval forces took part in the Naseem Al Bahr exercise near the kingdom鈥檚 Al Jubail city to foster interoperability among their navies and special operation forces.聽
Last week, Pakistan held an international oil spill response exercise in the southern port city of Karachi. 海角直播 took part in the exercise among other international observes, which included Tanzania, China and Turkiye.聽
鈥淰ice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami along with 6 members delegation visited Kingdom of 海角直播 for Expert Level Staff Talks between Pakistan Navy and Royal Saudi Naval Forces,鈥 the Pakistan Navy said on Monday.聽
Bilgrami called on Vice Admiral Fahad bin Abdullah Al Ghofaily, the Commander of the RSNF to discuss matters of mutual interest and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, the navy said.聽
鈥淧akistan Navy and Royal Saudi Naval Forces enjoy extremely close relations and cooperate in number of operational and training matters prominently the regular conduct of major maritime exercise Naseem Al Bahr,鈥 the statement added.聽